Gutter hanger



`fune 9, 1925.

M. RACHLIN GUTTER HANGER Filed Deo. 29. 1924 Patented .lune 9, 1925*.

raras MAX nAcHLrN, or NEW Yon-K, N. Y.

Gurraa HANGER.

Application filed December 29, 1924. Serial No. 758,654.

T 0 all whom t may conce-rn.'

Be it known that l, MAX RACHLIN, a citizen of Russia, and resident of the city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gutter Hangers, of which the following is a specication.

rEhe present invention relates to improvements in gutter-hangers, that is to say to devices for supporting roof-gutters. The invention pertains more particularly to gutter-hangers for use with a gut-ter having a beaded edge, and including a bar portion adapted to extend transversely between the upper edges of the gutter, said bar portion being provided at one of its ends with an arched portion designed to be bent around the bead of the gutter, and said arched portion being joined with a cradle portion designed to underlie the gutter.

The main object of the invention is to provide a gutter-hanger vor the type mentioned, having means to insure proper bending of the arched portion around and into snug engagement with the bead of the gutter and to insure a snug tit between the gutter and that section of the cradle portion which is adjacent the juncture of said arched portion and said cradle portion.

lVith these and other objects in View, which will more i'ully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the saine consists in the combination, arrangement andconstruction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Y Figure l is a side elevation of a gutterhanger complete and ready for sale; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hanger inthe process of applying the same to a gutter, the latter being shown in section; Fig. l is a similar elevation of the hanger in position on a gutter; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a portion of the hanger, on a larger scale, applied t-o a gutter.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a roo-gutten'the outer edge of which is provided with a bead 1l, as usual in constructions of this type, while its inner edge 12, adjacent the wall of the building, is plain. For supporting this gutter in proper relation to the roof of the building, there is provided a plurality of hangers, spaced apart a suitable distance, each of said hangers comprising a strap 13, which surrounds transversely the gutter, and a-roof strap 14, attached to the strap 13 and the roof. rlhe strap 13 is, preferably, made oi a single' piece of sheet metal, and includes a rigid portion 15, preferably a channel bar, adapted to extend transversely between the upper edges of the gutter. On one end of this bar is formed an arched portion 16, that is designed to be bent around the bead of the gutter. This arched portion is initially of substantially semi-circular conguration, as appears from Fig. 1 of the drawings, it merging into a cradle portion 17, designed to underlie the gutter. rI'he free end 18 of the cradle portion is adapted to be engaged with a slot 19 in a substantially U-shaped bend 2O on the opposite end of the strap 13, said bend being in engagement with the plain edge of the gutter.

As appears from Fig. 1 of the drawings, the arched portion 16 and the cradle portion 17 are joined at an acute angle, and at the juncture of the said arched portion and said cradle portion is formed, preferably by stamping, a projection 21 to stit'en said juncture.

The gutter-hanger is furnished to the trade in substantially iiat state, as shown in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings. l/Vhen the hanger is to be applied to a gutter, the juncture between the arched portion 16 and the cradle portion 17 is first engaged with the free edge 22 of the gutter bead. The hanger is then taken hold of by the comparatively rigid' bar section 15, and the arched portion 16 bent around and into snug engagement with the bead of the gutter, the U-shaped bend 2O being then 'engaged with the plain edge 12 of the gutter. The cradle portion 17"eXtends then downwards, as shown in Fig, 3 of the drawings. rlhereaiterrthe cradle portion is bent to underlie the gutter, its free end being drawn through the slot 19 in the bend 2O and bent against the latter, as Clearly shown in Fig, 4l of the drawings. lnasmueh as the juncture othe eradle portion 16 and the arched portion 17 is relatively stili and unyieldingyrY proper bending of the arched portion around and into snug engagement with the bead. of., the

iste` say at an angle itt which tliefree ec-Sgel portion ofthe beadendl the adyacentportion of the gutter are disposed'.

What I claim is r- Af gutterY hengery for use with e gutterA having a beaded edge, including e rigid portion adapted to extend. transversely yetween*V the upper edgesl ot. the; gutter, an arched portion at one end of said rigid portion designed to snilgly fit around the bend or the gutter, and a cradle port-ion joined Withfsa-id arched portion designedfto underlie the gutter, the tree end of seid cradle portionbeing adapted tobe engaged with seid rigid portion, said Ycradle portion ext-ending :it en ecute angle in relaitiion to arched portion. beton@ said arched portion is bent around the-'bead et theL gutter. Y

Sig-ned ezt New Yorin. in: the County of New Yorin andi State oi? New Yorlnftliis, 23rd' dey et Beeemfber, A. De. 19241. Y

MAX RACHLN'. 

